The Miaoxia Village Community Guesthouse and social enterprise completed in 2017 was constructed through a participatory design process. The renovation of an existing house and construction of a new extension accommodating 20 people, provides six guest bedrooms, training spaces for disaster preparedness, a social workers office, a tea room, activity spaces for children’s play and study, as well as bathroom and laundry amenities in a total of 250m2. Generous external bridges and deck spaces provide spaces of delight, informality and community are integrated into the overall design to contribute to place-making and flexible usage. The guesthouse run as a cooperative venture to provides revenue for the villagers, permits visitors to stay overnight or longer and to engage in other activities in the village. It also forms part of a community waste management system.
